SOFTWARE FOR HEALTHCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC507181 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-01
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees2200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-06-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2020-11-05
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  11. 2020-11-05
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    capital · RP04SH01
  12. 2020-11-05
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2020-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-06-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-06-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-06-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-09-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-07-20
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    LANGMEAD, Stephen John resigned
    director
  19. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-02-20
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    CARRICK, David Vincent resigned
    director
  21. 2019-02-20
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    COFFEY, Colin resigned
    director
  22. 2019-02-20
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    MCINTOSH PEARCE, Zachariah resigned
    director
  23. 2019-02-20
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    SIMPSON, Michael John, Dr resigned
    director
  24. 2018-05-29
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    SIMPSON, Michael John, Dr appointed
    director
  25. 2018-03-23
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    BEUTLHAUSER, Torsten, Dr. Med. resigned
    director
  26. 2018-03-23
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    HUGHES, David Michael resigned
    director
  27. 2017-07-10
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    FULTON, Robert Andrew appointed
    director
  28. 2017-07-10
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    BEUTLHAUSER, Torsten, Dr. Med. appointed
    director
  29. 2017-07-10
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    CARRICK, David Vincent appointed
    director
  30. 2017-07-10
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    COFFEY, Colin appointed
    director
  31. 2017-07-10
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    HUGHES, David Michael appointed
    director
  32. 2017-07-10
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    LANGMEAD, Stephen John appointed
    director
  33. 2017-07-10
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    MCINTOSH PEARCE, Zachariah appointed
    director
  34. 2015-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As SOFTWARE FOR HEALTHCARE LIMITED
  35. 2015-06-01
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    GRANT, David Andrew John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Andrew John Grant
Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-06-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

4 Glenfield Grove
Paisley
PA2 8TB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

FULTON, Robert Andrew→
director · ~82y · appointed 2017-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT, David Andrew John→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEUTLHAUSER, Torsten, Dr. Med.→
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-07-10 · resigned 2018-03-23
Resigned
CARRICK, David Vincent→
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-07-10 · resigned 2019-02-20
Resigned
COFFEY, Colin→
director · ~68y · appointed 2017-07-10 · resigned 2019-02-20
Resigned
HUGHES, David Michael→
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-07-10 · resigned 2018-03-23
Resigned
LANGMEAD, Stephen John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-07-10 · resigned 2019-07-20
Resigned
MCINTOSH PEARCE, Zachariah→
director · ~31y · appointed 2017-07-10 · resigned 2019-02-20
Resigned
SIMPSON, Michael John, Dr→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-05-29 · resigned 2019-02-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2020-11-05